STEM Source Code

All of the files that constitute the STEM project are maintained
in a “source code control” system. Anyone can obtain a copy of
the files in the system, but only people designated as “committers”
are allowed to add new files or make other changes to the repository.
Since STEM graduated to a top level technology project, the source
code repository is SVN.

The only files that are in the repository are those that cannot be
derived from others. For instance, Java™
source files would be in the repository, but not Java™
class files.

The following sections cover some of the more common SVN tasks that you would use for STEM development. For more information:

Downloading and installing the SVN plugin

To access the STEM SVN repository, you need to install an SVN plugin in Eclipse for instance Subclipse. For Eclipse 3.4, open Help->Software Updates. Click the "Available Software" tab and "Add Site". Type this location:

Select all projects under trunk, right-click and select "checkout". Leave all setting the way they are in the wizard that pops up, simply select Finish

At this point, all of the selected projects will be checked out and then built (assuming automatic builds have been enabled in your Eclipse installation. You can specify this by selecting Window->Preferences, then General->Workspace. Check "Build Automatically" and "Refresh Automatically")

Now you're ready to follow the rest of the instructions prepare for running STEM:

How do I send someone a patch?

If you have modified a project that you checked out from SVN,
you may want to send those changes to someone else. This often occurs
when you do not have commit rights, but want to send the changes to
someone who does. To create a patch file:

Select the changed project in the Navigator or other view.

Context Menu->Team->Create Patch...

Select a location for the patch.

Use E-mail or other delivery method to send the patch to
someone else.

If the patch is associated with a Bugzilla item, it is a good idea to append to the Bugzilla item with the patch as an attachment.

Note that Create patch can be run with multiple projects selected.

How do I apply a patch that someone sent me?

To apply a patch, such as one generated in the previous step, do
the following:

Select the changed project in the Navigator or other view.

Context Menu->Compare With->Patch...

Fill in the location of the patch file

Click Next. A summary of changed files will appear.

Click Finish. The changes are now merged into the workspace.

Context Menu->Team->Synchronize.

After testing the patch, if you have commit access, you may then commit the changes into the repository.

Committer access to CVS

Developers with commit rights have individual user ids and passwords in the Eclipse project development repository. As a committer you can use SSH (Secure SHell) to connect to the CVS repository as follows. Go to a Repository View and add a new CVS repository location. When asked for the repository location enter the following:

Committer CVS Connection Information

Host

dev.eclipse.org

Repository Paths

/cvsroot/technology

User

(your committer user id, supplied by the webmaster)

Password

(your committer password)

Connection Type

extssh

Once your information is authenticated, you can browse the repository and add projects to your workspace. If you do some changes that you'd like to contribute, after testing and ensuring that you have followed the contribution guidelines, you are free to release your changes to the repository. Of course, you can only release changes to projects for which you have commit rights. The current list of committers for OHF can be found here.

Note that you can use the SSH protocol and your Eclipse user id to access projects for which you are not a committer but you will not be able to release changes.